An essential survival skill and a great learning experience Four thousand years ago the ancient Egyptians were using hearth sticks to light their domestic fires. This long history of friction fire lighting continues to the present day, through Tamil Nadu fire drills and the foot-powered drills used by the Lhota Naga people in India. The…
In the bushcraft world, fire is one of the main things people want to master. This is easier when its nice and dry and sunny but much more difficult when it is chucking it down with rain. There is a paradox with making fire. The greater the need, the harder it is to achieve. This…
Coming from the Gaelic bannach, bonnach or bhannag meaning ‘morsel’, Bannock Bread is a simple flatbread that originated in Scotland. There are other opinions on where the word bannock came from, such as from the Latin word panicium which is thought by some to mean “baked dough”, however the actual translation means ‘to panic’. Now this…
To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world (Dudley Warner) Making & maintaining a campfire Fire is essential in the Bushcraft and Survival world, it keeps you warm, allows you to cook, provides you with a source of light and as the quote above alludes, keeps your morale up!…
Bushcraft Courses Here you will find all of our bushcraft courses and bushcraft expeditions. All of our bushcraft courses are held in our own private site on the border of Dorset and Hampshire just outside the New Forest National Park. Wildway Bushcraft runs bushcraft courses aimed at everyone from week-long expeditions and overseas trips to…
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